Monthly Archives: March 2012

  Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has welcomed confirmation that ten schools in Longford/Westmeath will be built or extended, as part of a major new school building programme announced by the Government. A total of 275 projects will be completed between 2012 and 2016, creating 18,000 jobs nationally. “I am delighted that [...]

Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has welcomed the announcement that €5 million in funding will be provided in 2012/2013 to support the creation and development of Agri-Food enterprises in rural Ireland. The announcement was made by Minister for Environment, Community & Local Government Phil Hogan this week. “This is very welcome news [...]

   Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has said that the Government’s Pathways to Work policy will make it easier for the unemployed to find jobs and will prevent people getting stuck on the live register long term. “The Government is going to create an integrated service that will give people who are [...]

  Press Release Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, that six schools in Westmeath will receive grant aids to replace their existing prefab classrooms with permanent structures.  “I am delighted that six schools in Westmeath will finally be able to build permanent, state-of-the-art [...]